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What's a Wreck?

A Cake Wreck is any cake that is unintentionally sad, silly, creepy, inappropriate - you name it. A Wreck is not necessarily a poorly-made cake; it's simply one I find funny, for any of a number of reasons. Anyone who has ever smeared frosting on a baked good has made a Wreck at one time or another, so I'm not here to vilify decorators: Cake Wrecks is just about finding the funny in unexpected, sugar-filled places.

I agree with Inaya; if the urine cupcake is what the customer asked for, it should be a Sunday Sweet, not a wreck. That cup is incredibly convincing. Maybe it was a transcription error: "I'd like a 'You're In!' cupcake. My child was just accepted to a prestigious pre-school!"

You've outdone yourself today! I can't stop laughing. Also, I really want to talk to whoever made the "mold, ,spores and fungus" cake and ask them WHAT WERE YOU THINKING? I mean, obviously we all want to ask that of every cake-wrecker represented on this site. But with this cake--I can't help thinking that it _means something_. (cue theremin)

Jen, I don't remember when I first stumbled across your blog, but it must have been around the release of the 1st book. I just want to thank you for my daily dose of chuckles, guffaws, and snickers. As well as endless references to many movie favorites that just seem to go perfectly with the endless supply of wrecks. You. Rock.

OMG!!! Is that embryonic fluid leaking out of those dinosaur eggs on the 4th cake?! And that last cake is just terrible! And I don't know what is worse the paper doily that will melt into the icing or the Chiclet shaped decorations that are plastered onto that cake.

I mistakenly thought the recycle symbol on the plastic cover of the snowman cake was an animal footprint on the cake itself. And then my brain tried to wrap around WHY there was a footprint in the icing.

As for the urine sample cupcake, I'm not handling that without gloves, much less eating it. Universal precautions, anyone? Whatever happened to just plain sprinkles?

Well I thought I had seen it all until that urine sample cup on a cupcake no less. EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEKKKK. Ok got that out of my system lol. Dare I ask what could those nasty egg/sporish things be hatching on that cake? Some evil wreckerators evil henchmen probably.

I totally thought that cake #4 was meant for a rock hound and thought the river rocks were kinda pretty, until I noticed the parasites trying to invade them. That casts a whole new light. Balloons, huh? Still don't see it. I liked the Stonehenge reference. In any case, it's pretty darn disturbing.

Hi everyone! I'm the submitter of cakewreck #4. I just wanted to tell you all that it was a whipped cream frosting cake, not the typical shortening frosting on most supermarket cakes, and that it was as chocolatey and wonderful as it was bewildering.